Little Rock’s new Children’s Library and Learning Center will have its grand opening ceremony tonight.
Ozarks At Large
Wayne Bell discusses how the film “Oz the Great and Powerful,” the most recent story to join the mix, has been received.
The second annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Fayetteville begins at noon tomorrow. Event organizer Don Brown and musicians Richy McCusker and Carol Witter, recently stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a conversation and a musical performance.
Simultaneous tax cuts and hikes, charter schools and the latest on Medicaid expansion from the state legislature; jockeys prepare for this weekend's Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn; more sidewalks in Fayetteville and the population continues to grow in Northwest Arkansas; all in today's Segment A.
Ahead on Ozarks: a proposal to help fund an expansion of Walton Arts Center moves forward, the Vine Brothers perform inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio and more.Patricia Limerick has studied, taught and written about the American West’s relationship with extractive industries. She was on the University of Arkansas campus to speak as part of the Hartmann Hotz Lecture Series.
Michael Vinson Williams’ book Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr studies the civil rights leader and the civil rights movement. The book was published by the University of Arkansas Press.
You can read more from Meredith Martin Moats at her blog
The Walton Arts Center’s expansion plans for its Fayetteville campus continue to move forward after a city commission pledged several hundred thousand dollars to the project, with the possibility for more money at a later date.
The Arkansas General Assembly moves forward with a controversial voter ID bill, education and education supporters rally against a proposal that would shift money from the state's general fund into highway construction, and Arkansas' U.S. Senate contingent speaks out about efforts to pass a federal budget.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Ahead on this Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks: music, shopping and a holiday cocktail. We find out how local businesses work to attract shoppers in the midst of the Black Friday weekend. For music, we talk to Fort Smith native Josiah Hawley about his career after being a finalist on NBC's The Voice and his homecoming concert this weekend. Plus, Rosanne Cash discusses the work on her father's childhood home in Arkansas and get a preview of Aaron Diehl's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And our cocktail comes from a house in Fayetteville dedicated to creating unique drinks.
The Arkansas General Assembly this session enacted legislation on both public charter school authorization and inter-public school transfers. Phyllis Stewart, Arkansas Department of Education Chief of Staff, explains how both measures will work to expand school choice options.
The two actors in the Australian production Boats sat down inside Walton Arts Center to talk about their innovative play.
"Stonehenge" by Fresno
Becca Martin Brown has the details on a tour of homes and other weekend activities.
Meredith Martin Moats is reflecting this weekend on her different roles during past celebrations of Mother’s Day.
"The Wild Bunch" by Fireworks
Effron White’s been writing lately and we’ll hear the fruit of his labors, a new song titled Pressure Change.
